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Good morning and welcome to the music classroom. One of the first things you might notice here is that we have no chairs and there's a lot of space to move. That's because the method I use to teach music, which is Del Cursi Rhythmics, is based on movement. I'm going to give you an example of a lesson. So what I would like you to do is to please follow my instructions. Whoop, and now that I have this in my hand, you can do it with a drum or you can do it just by doing it, clapping with your hands, but please walk with the music. Di-di-dum-dum-dum-da-di-di-da-da-dum. But careful, don't walk slouched, just keep your posture, feel that you're being pulled from your chest. Di-di-dum-dum-da-da-di-di-dum-bum-bum. And when I say change, you stop walking and you begin playing the drum. But it has to be in this way, where we kind of like draw a smiley face in the air. Dum-dum-di-dum-bum-dum-bum. And use your knees. Remember, bend your knees so that the movement seems really engaged. All right, let's go. Now let's do it with the piano. Now that we're here, please let's do it with the music. And remember, when I say change, you just stop walking and keep clapping. Change. Now you're doing it with the hands. Change and walk. Change. So did you notice what was happening in the music? When I was saying change, I played either on this side of the piano or on this side of the piano. So I was playing on the treble register or the bass register. And that's how we learn about high and low. But now I'm not going to say change. You just have to follow it without me saying change, change, change. Ready? I didn't change it. Mm-hmm. Now if you noticed, you were adapting to what I was playing because I was playing and after I played, unless you could read my mind, you can make the change. But if I make a little hint of what am I going to do, then you can anticipate what I'm going to do. And that's one of the basic things of this method, learning how to anticipate. And that's how we do a lesson. Now this was in two minutes. It's an abridged version of what we would do in a 50-minute lesson. And we do it by varying the experiences, by doing it with different materials. We might use the drums, we might use our hands, but sometimes we use tennis balls, sometimes we use ribbons, sometimes we use scarves, and we even use chopsticks. I hope that your children have a very positive experience in the music lesson with me and in this lesson, and I hope that they love and cherish music forever.